commit: b54d4a5ce8443488dbb6735b0ea3e1b9cd6d72f7
parent db157d2a2a9e1e5940ad457575c341c8bc5499ae
Author: Sergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 02:53:50 +0700
Document http_chunk_size
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
the downloader (see youtube_dl/downloader/common.py):
nopart, updatetime, buffersize, ratelimit, min_filesize, max_filesize, test,
noresizebuffer, retries, continuedl, noprogress, consoletitle,
- xattr_set_filesize, external_downloader_args, hls_use_mpegts.
+ xattr_set_filesize, external_downloader_args, hls_use_mpegts,
+ http_chunk_size.
The following options are used by the post processors:
prefer_ffmpeg: If True, use ffmpeg instead of avconv if both are available,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
external_downloader_args: A list of additional command-line arguments for the
external downloader.
hls_use_mpegts: Use the mpegts container for HLS videos.
+ http_chunk_size: Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading.May be
+ useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by
+ a webserver (experimental)
Subclasses of this one must re-define the real_download method.
"""